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| | i # 4 a a VOLUME LXVII. No. 303 Jap Quake Kills Thousands, Equals . Disaster Of 1929 quake, said to have been as se- vere as the one that struck Ja- 'Man’s Skeleton Found On Big Commission Grants; ‘Pine Key; Death Thought Due iTo Heart Attack Or Snakebite’ The City Commission inst. night Sheriff Sawyer and Chief Deputy Wallace returned to Key SOUTHERNMOST NEWSPAPER been bleached. The trousers had , almost disintegrated, and in what “pan in 1923, when 100,000 lives; West at 5 o’clock yesterday af- | had been the right back pocket were lost, occurred last night off the shores of the provinces of Honshu and Shikoku, causing the logs of an undetermined ,number of lives. Property damage is Placed in tens of millions of dol- lars. It is thought that, though the quake was as severe as the one, in. 1923, the number of deaths will be’ far fewer, because the center of last night’s tremblor was 62 miles off shore. It caused walls of water to roll shoreward, ranging from seven to 10 feet inland, far from the shore line, One thousand two hundred Houses were completely destroy- ed, and an estimated 3,400 others were so badly damaged they will have to be rebuilt in ¢heir en- tirety. Five hundred ships were wash- ed ashore, not counting junks or fishing smacks. Reports said that such was the force of water be- hind the junks scores of them plowed through houses. American and. Japanese Red Cross workers are relieving the injured and distress and tabu- lating the number of dead. The first report listed 953 who had lost their lives, but that figure has mounted with every subse- quent report. Hundreds of fami- lies are known to have been swept out to sea in their houses. Town after town was wiped out, without a single house still standing. In one town every building was washed to sea ex- cept a temple, which was con- structed in the year 607. The re- Bort said the temple was un- damaged. : Several\ days will pass, it was nnounced, before it will be pos- le ‘to give a fairly reliable es- te of the number of dead. SHOPPING: DAYS _ TO CHRISTMAS LA CONCHA HOTEL TTT i CAE CELE LE ASE SE SEMEL. Boat Bar § Package Goo: 503 Duval Street HOLIDAY Imported Martell GRR PPE ternoon with the skeleton of a man in their automobile. The skeleton had been found near the end of Big Pine Key. : A driver's license, found in a wallet, gives the name of Julius Isaac Grosjean, 74, of Bradenton, {and a bus ticket, also found in ‘the wallet, showed he had left was found the wallet. The exact amount of money jin the wallet has not yet been determined. The bills are decay to be glued together. The denomi- nation of the bills that can be ‘seen indicate the amount of $18, Chief Deputy Wallace said. :ed into bits of paper that appear | RAAT SAA MM | RAINBOW ROOM DANCING Every Friday ai Saturday Night 9:00 P.M. to 1:00 A.M. MUSIC BY Dez Butler’s Orchestra BRANDY “Cognac” _- All Popular Brands of WHISKEY at Popular Prices Key West July 17, 1946. Grosjean is known to have Dr, Leonard Conly examin-jbeen in Key West last July, in- ed the skeleton, and said so far | quiring about land he owned on ,as he could see, Grosjean had not; Big Pine Key. His family in met with foul play. Bradenton also knew he was Sheriff Sawyer surmised that'here, though it was not until death had been caused either by ‘last Monday that a son, J. D. a snake bite or heart failure. ; Grosjean, came to Key West to Hoke Hendricks and four, inquire about his father. He negroes, who were searching | asked the sheriff if he had seen through the Big Pine woods for!the father, and, when answered on domesticated cotton, found the "er had paid taxes on the Big Pine skeleton and reported it to the tract. Wilson also sheriff. Hendricks said that, just negatively. before he and the workmen un- | The skeleton is at Pritchard’ der him ran across the skeleton, Funeral Home. Grosjain’s family they had killed a rattlesnake, has been informed about the measuring five meet, two inches. finding of the skeleton but no Grosjean’s coat, necktie, Pan- directions have yet been received ama hat and corncob pipe were j for its disposition. found piled together against the! trunk of a trée, as though he had! New York Couple Arrives put them there preparatory to; py, and Mrs. Harold Riley of jlying down. The . skeleton was New York, arrived here Wednes- stomach down, with the right’ q,, to spend the winter in Key side of what had been the face wot. + turned upward. | 2 The ‘bones were clean of all flesh, and the skull, Sheriff Saw- yer said, looked as though it had Southernmost Garaga in U. 5. | 1130 Duval Street (Phone 168 Auto Repairs, Painting, Body and Fender Work. . wboy and’ San Visit Toyland Toda wtestdepiee (L019 WHITE @Lot Cleaning Ss @ Dray Service eTree Removal and Surgery, eSidewalks Driveways Write or Call 771 - Free Estimate ; JOHN R. WATSON 7 n Street 914 FLEMING ST. Agent, C. $100 a month when sick or J. D. 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ZODAY —— ]}} A New Season Policy IN THE UNITED STAT KEY WEST, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1946 Change Of Zoning ‘To Poultry Market | conducted a hearing on the appli- cation of Charlie’s Poultry Mar- ket for rezoning of its property jon the northwest corner of Si-, monton and Petronia streets for JAYCEES TO DROP the purpose of selling live poul-| ABSENTEES OF 3 aes % | ‘STRAIGHT MEETS | : he ; Commission authorized ' At last Wednesday’s meeting of Me ondinaney to place the prop- fhe Junior Chamber : of Com- ig = Hues B zone instead | merce at the chamber’s partially- | jof Business A zone. The motion: built club house on Flagler ave- by Commissioner nue, the constitution was amend- Hunter Harden and ded. by ivi : _- nm an : seconde by ed giving the organization the | ‘commissioner. Louis Carbonell! power to éliminate the names of | Mayor W. W. Deineritt also voted all Jaycees who miss three meet- in favor. Commissioners John ings in succession without a suf- Carbonell and Albert Cooper. ficient excuse, such as being out were not present, bof the city, sickness, or pressing | The market is owned by, business matters. Charles Simpson and managed by} Jack Delaney, president of the R. E. Hicken. Hicken was pres- | Jaycees, stated today that the! ent at the hearing. No objection, meeting held: ‘ast Wednesday } to the zoning change was ex-;was in accordance with the pressed, ‘constitution, and that the con- The Commission also cartied stitution reads that a “two-thirds |out a recommendation of the} vote of the members present can ‘ity Tax Assessor for correction; amend . the constitution after; ssessed valuation of Pt. }notification of all members! through the mail at their last’ was made Lot 12, Square 1, Tract 6 (deed Ref, H.3, page 144), 1123 Petronia | known address.” street, from $2,100 to $1,100. ane Delaney added that the amend- {City Assessor’s recommendation | ment went into effect upon adop- |said that the building adjacent! tion last Wednesday night, and ito the property was erroneously | that it would apply to all mem- essed to said property. bers, beginning the second ee. solution was unanimously | Wednesday’ night in January, | passed to carry out the assessor’s! which is the next scheduled | recommendations. meeting of the organization. EAN VIEW DINING ROOM and | COCKTAIL LOUNGE 520 United Street Operated Under the Personal Management of RENE A. ARMENGOL i / asse: i We Have PLENTY of Who Announce A * La Casa Marina 4 af $300,000; To Be | ... January 1, Cleare States *$100,000, He Added, Will Be Spent Ae NS lt a ge In Making Improvements La Casa Marina was sold yesterday afternoon at a price reported as. $300,000. The transaction was consummated at Miami Beach. Florida East Coast’ Hotel Company, which coné structed the hotel 26 years ago, sold it to Julius Kasdin, Miami Beach, who, in turn, transferred it to the Atlas Investment Corporation of the same city. “It was announced that the buyers will spend $100,- 000 in improving La Casa. Marina. Attorney Allan B. Cleare, Jr., represented the buyers, and Jacksonville attorneys, the sellers. The sale was made by Miss B. L, Sater, a Miami Beach broker. Cleare informed The Citizen that it is the intention. of the new owners to open the hotel on January Ll. The aim of the owners, he added, is to provide many diversions for the guests, including angling, ten- nis and other sports. A tennis professional, Clearé stated, already has been engaged. “From what I learned,” he added, “the objective of the officers of the Atlas Investment Corporation is, to make the hotel one of the most excellent of its class in either winter or summer resorts. It will be widely advertised and will be conducted under the direction of men considered among the foremost in the hotel business.” Film Star’s Parents Here | INFANT SON DIES Among the visitors to Key | Larry Ray King, infant son of West last week were Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Ray W. King, Jr., Mrs, James. Dunninger of Los died yesterday at the semalp resi- Angeles, parents:of James Dunn, aye va str Bios Pi film star. The Dunningers motor- | fist by the F priteuaa a Fu 1 ed down from Sarasota, where Home to Greenville, Texas, . for | and JULIO CABANAS, JR. lll NEW POPULAR Govs, | |. 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